Lisey's Story Formats: Hardcover/Paperback/eBook/Kindle/Audio First Edition Release Date: October, 2006
Synopsis:
Two years after her husband's death, Lisey Landon decides it's time to go through his office to clear out his papers. Scott Landon was a bestselling novelist and Lisey has been besieged by people wanting to buy any of his unpublished work but she is determined not to let that happen. As she begins the process of cleaning, she is contacted by an unsavory character who claims that if she does not turn over the papers, he will make her suffer the consequences. Finding strength she did not know she had and never used during their marriage, Lisey refuses, and true to his word, "Zack McCool" begins to stalk her. Lisey begins to remember strange events from her marriage that she had suppressed and finds clues that may help save her life.
First SK book I read, got me completely hooked and now working through the other 31 I've since collected! Mix a true story of love with some scare and you get Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant!!!
Posted By: Ariadne147 - 06/22/2009 - 2:03 PM EST
I read Lisey's story recently. I lost my job about seven months ago and when not job hunting, I have been reading everything I can get my hands on. I wasn't sure if I could relate to the main character at first, but I plowed on and I began to relate to her journey and her relationships. Her thoughts about the Pool struck a deep and painful chord in me. I've been searching for the answer to the as yet unidentified darkness in myself, always just on the peripheral of my vision and on page 338 in the 3rd chapter I found what I was looking for. The Pool is about sitting, waiting and looking over those dreamy waters and feeling like something is coming, but you don't know what and so the years pass. Like you're always on the verge of something, but you don't know what. I realized that it described parts of my life (right now and too many other times for comfort) and I cried because it brought the feeling into focus for me. It made me realize, made the knowledge go from my head to my heart; I've sat too long at the Pool of my own cup of imagination, lulled, feeling safe, but empty and not taking steps to bring my dreams to fruitition. I read somewhere that everything you ever wanted is right there, outside your comfort zone. I've spent too much time in mine. It's a struggle to leave that place of safety and emptiness and I could sit here for another 35 years, but I won't. Thank you for putting these concepts on paper so I could come along, identify myself as one of those people sitting on the stone benches, every once in a while trying to figure out what exactly was wrong. Not wrapped in gauze yet and still able to flee to uncomfortable reality, where you make life happen. It's messy and scary and you fail sometimes, but it's the only way to find true meaning and satisfaction.
Posted By: Danniella - 06/21/2009 - 6:49 PM EST
This was the first SK book I read and I knew that I had to read more! It was so charming, so beautiful in its own subtle way and was unbelievably touching.
Posted By: Jana - 06/09/2009 - 11:14 AM EST
I read it once and fell in love :) It's my favourite Stephen King book.
